Word: hackers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YORK: Better back up your hard drive. Two hacker conferences are convening in New York and Amersterdam this weekend. The gatherings are expected to draw 2,000 fast-fingered geeks and wanna-bes who will keep tabs on each other across the Atlantic via the Net. It's all in good fun, say conference organizers, creating an environment for the all-night keyboard jockeys to exchange tips. Nothing naughty, of course. Yeah, right...
...YORK: Better back up your hard drive. Two hacker conferences are convening in New York and Amersterdam this weekend. The gatherings are expected to draw 2,000 fast-fingered geeks and wanna-bes who will keep tabs on each other across the Atlantic via the Net. It's all in good fun, say conference organizers, creating an environment for the all-night keyboard jockeys to exchange tips. Nothing naughty, of course. Yeah, right...
...Adjusted for inflation Adapted from MONEY; Who Has How Much and Why by Andrew Hacker; published by Scribner; (c) 1997 by Andrew Hacker. All rights reserved...
BOULDER, Colo: The investigation into the death of JonBenet Ramsey suffered another setback Saturday after Boulder police discovered that a hacker infiltrated the computer system set aside for authorities investigating the slaying. Police said the break-in occurred sometime last Saturday. Although all the computer's files appeared to be intact, they said they could not determine if any had been copied. The computer is situated in the district attorney's office, but according to authorities, the room was not broken into. Officials said security measures have been tightened as computer experts and police comb the system for signs...
Write another hacker book? I'd rather take on the Scientologists. Littman says he's starting to feel the same way. He continues to be intrigued by the subject matter but he thinks the subjects may not be worth the trouble. "If I do another book about hackers, it will probably be fiction," he says. I wonder if even that would help...